January/February 2020

A Light in the Dark

Unpacking the Complex Neurobiology of Suicide

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What Neurobiology Can Tell Us About Suicide

Can a Vaccine Save the World’s Pigs from African Swine Fever?

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Alternative Splicing Provides a Broad Menu of Proteins for Cells

Reading Frames

Why Do We Forget How to Walk on Ice?

Foundations

A Woman of Firsts, Early 20th Century

Profiles

Switch Master: A Profile of Barbara Meyer

Scientist to Watch

Oded Rechavi Studies the RNA Nematodes Pass to Their Offspring

Modus Operandi

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Genome Data Enable Capture of Elusive Microbes

Infographics

Infographic: Trapping Uncultured Bacteria

Infographic: Phage Protein Helps E. coli Evade Mouse Immune Cells

Infographic: The Neurobiology of Suicidal Behavior

Infographic: Preventing a Swine Pandemic

Infographic: The Lifecycle of African Swine Fever Virus

Infographic: A Deadly Pig Virus’s Escapes from Africa

Infographic: How Splicing of Genes Can Affect Heart Health

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The Literature

Viruses Mediate Interactions Between Bacteria and Sponges: Study

Aneuploidy Could Explain Variability in Female Fertility: Study

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Diving Beetle Adults and Larvae Dismember, Eat Tadpoles: Study

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Gene Therapy Finds a Fertile Home in Ohio

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Researchers Fight a Devastating Amphibian Infection Using Heat

Transposons Identified as Likely Cause of Undiagnosed Diseases

Circadian Clock Genes Help a Crop Pest Adapt to Climate Change

Excess of Immune Cells Found in Brains of People with Autism

Critic at Large

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Opinion: Exorcising Ghostwriting from Peer Review

Editorial

A Bright Scientific Future

Speaking of Science

Ten Minute Sabbatical

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February 2025, Issue 1

A Nanoparticle Delivery System for Gene Therapy

A reimagined lipid vehicle for nucleic acids could overcome the limitations of current vectors.

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Enhancing Therapeutic Antibody Discovery with Cross-Platform Workflows

Enhancing Therapeutic Antibody Discovery with Cross-Platform Workflows

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Considerations for Cell-Based Assays in Immuno-Oncology Research

Considerations for Cell-Based Assays in Immuno-Oncology Research

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From Water Bears to Grizzly Bears: Unusual Animal Models

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Sex Differences in Neurological Research

Sex Differences in Neurological Research

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Scaling Lentiviral Vector Manufacturing for Optimal Productivity

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Generating High-Quality mRNA for In Vivo Delivery with lipid nanoparticles

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Tecan introduces Veya: bringing digital, scalable automation to labs worldwide

Explore a Concise Guide to Optimizing Viral Transduction

A Visual Guide to Lentiviral Gene Delivery

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